JOIN THE FRIENDS MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE
The Friends of the Madison Public Library (Friends or FMPL) are reaching out to all Madisonians to ask for your help in our mission of supporting the Madison Public Library. Since 1938, the Friends have provided the Library with volunteers, advocacy and funding for new acquisitions for the collection, programs and technology. You may be familiar with our fundraising endeavors such as the popular Drew Minicourse Series, the Annual Benefit Gala in March and Touch-A-Truck biannually in August.
Following the tradition of providing ongoing financial support, FMPL is pleased to present a Matching Gift Challenge for you! Several generous residents (see list) have pledged lead donations toward this year’s Annual Appeal. Your gift at any level – $25, $50, $100 or more – through the end of 2011 will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $31,000!! Thanks to these donors, you have this special opportunity to double the impact of your dollars!
When we are asked to speak about the reasons to support the Madison Public Library, we find it easy to talk at length about its benefits such as:
- Free children’s programs, like this past summer’s “One World, Many Stories” which offered numerous activities to the 500+ children who participated
- Free adult events, like the Summer Seminar Series which attracted over 700 attendees, and other programs on current topics of interest
- Free entertainment, like Shakespeare in the Courtyard and the evening film series
- Free access to computers
- Free access to the changing collection of books, periodicals, CDs and audio books
Two new free programs this Fall: 1) E-readers available for loan and 2) The Museum Pass Program which will grant you and your family free admission to participating area/NYC museums by borrowing pass cards just as you would borrow a book.
You can see the recurring theme is that many of the Library’s amenities are free in support of the official name of the Library – “the Free Public Library of the Borough of Madison”. Over 7000 Madison residents have their free Library card which gives access to these wonderful programs and activities.
What we don’t always talk about is that each of these free offerings has a cost attached. Residents of Madison are familiar with the financial stress the Borough is facing. It has resulted in reduced Library support by the Borough even while Library costs have increased. Borough support helps to provide for basic expenses including staffing, maintenance and overhead.
With the expected continued reduction of this support, the Library is counting on FMPL to not only maintain but increase its financial assistance.
We continue to be amazed by the way the Madison community always steps up to help the Library it loves. Over the years, due to the charitable efforts of donors like you, FMPL has raised thousands of dollars for the collection of books and media and to provide programming activities. As the Library plans for 2012, FMPL is asking for your continued help with a 100% tax-deductible donation.
Your donation makes a difference…and with this Matching Gift Challenge it will make a double difference!
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Sincerely,
Pat Tagg, Chair FMPL Mary Beth Cooney, Vice-Chair FMPL
P.S. If your company has a matching gift program be sure to include your company’s form to maximize the impact of your gift. See the last page for a list of companies.
The Friends of the Madison Public Library is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.
2011 CHALLENGE MATCH DONORS
Anonymous donor
Tom and Joanne Bintinger
Andy Breckman and Beth Landau
Tom and Maureen Byrne
Don and Sue Carter
John and Lilly Combias
Bob and Cathie Coultas
Kenneth W. and Janice W. Freeman Family Foundation
Bob and Bernie Grohol
Scot and Nancy Guempel
Glenn and Carol Head
Paul F. Lozier
Rod and Alida McRae
Peter and Joan Rogers
Nelson and Nancy Schaenen, Jr.
Isaac and Deborah Starker
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2011 FRIENDS BOARD MEMBERS
Chair – Pat Tagg
Vice Chair – Mary Beth Cooney
Recording Secretary – Sylvia Luber
Treasurer – Deirdre O’Connor Cox
Co-corresponding Secretary – Sue Heffernan
Co-corresponding Secretary – Susan Massey
Communications Chair – Joan Rogers
Community Outreach Chair – Peggy Oakes
Hospitality Chair – Meredith Pilat
Membership Chair – Maureen Byrne
Library Director – Nancy Adamczyk
Madison Patch published a short slideshow from our Touch A Truck event. Watch it here! 
2011 Annual Appeal Donors
THANK YOU to the 2011 Annual Appeal Donors!!
We hope you have had a chance to see the poster of the mock thermometer in the library lobby. It’s bursting with books to symbolize the level of contributions which blew the lid off the 2011 Annual Appeal fundraising goal of the Friends of the Madison Public Library. Once again, the Friends would like to give a round of applause to those generous donors who contributed the lead sixteen gifts that challenged the town to match $31,000. Over 350 people responded with an enthusiastic show of support, meeting that challenge and upping the ante to over $39,000. With a 6.5% return on the appeal letter, the final tally for the fund drive was $70,481, proving in no uncertain terms that the library is a cherished part of this community. The proceeds from the fundraising events of the non-profit Friends group support the collection of books, DVDs and music CDs, library programs for children, teens and adults, and technology. The Friends are incredibly grateful to every person who helped make the 2011 Annual Appeal such a huge success. Click HERE for a full list of 2011 Donors.
Thank you to one and all!
2011 CHALLENGE MATCH DONORS
Anonymous
Tom and Joanne Bintinger
Andy Breckman and Beth Landau
Tom and Maureen Byrne
Don and Sue Carter
John and Lilly Combias
Bob and Cathie Coultas
Kenneth W. and Janice W. Freeman Family Foundation
Peter Giglio
Steve Gooby
Bob and Bernie Grohol
Scot and Nancy Guempel
Glenn and Carol Head
JoAnn LaConte
Paul F. Lozier
Rod and Alida McRae
Richard Malishchak
Peter and Joan Rogers
Nelson and Nancy Schaenen, Jr.
Isaac and Deborah Starker
Eric Torkelson
2011 Annual Appeal Donors
$2500 – $5000
Anonymous
Bintinger, Tom and Joanne
Freeman Family Foundation, Kenneth W. and Janice W.
Head, Carol and Glenn
Idleman, Sue
$1000 – $2000
Adamczyk, Nancy
Breckman, Andrew and Beth Landau
Byrne, Maureen and Tom
Carter, Donald and Susan
Combias, John and Lilly
Coultas, Bob and Cathie
Fleming, Mary
Grohol, Robert and Bernie
Guempel, Scot and Nancy
Jones, Karen
Lozier, Paul F.
McRae, Rod and Alida
Rogers, Joan and Peter
Schaenen, Jr, Nelson and Nancy
Starker, Isaac and Deborah
Weiland, Georgine and Roy
Zowader, Ruth
$250 – $500
Archibald, Jennifer
Bangs, Ronald and Kathleen
Barry, Raymond and Eleanor
Burcin, Bob and Kay
Byrd, Peg and Steve
Cocino, Florence
Cooney, Mary Beth
Forte, John and Marybeth
Glade, Carole and Joseph
Gray, Stephen
Hardy, George and Betty
Hightower, Barbara
Hogan, John and Pamela
Honohan, Tom and Judy
Kerkeslager, Ruth and Woody
Knight, Eliot and Millicent
Langlois, David
Luber, David and Sylvia
Miller, Patricia
Moody, Andrew and Rebecca
Moran, Farley and Barbara
Petrosino, Dominick and Ellen
Ryan, Edward and Diane
Ryan, Robert and Margie
Smith, Frank and Kathleen
Srygley, James
Stokes, Dana
Webb, Jeffrey and Sandra
Zietsman, Megan
$100 – $200
Armbrust, Joseph and Susan
Backster, Norma V.
Beaman, Noreen and William
Beekey, Lois
Bessin Family Fund of The Community Foundation of NJ
Blank, Nancy
Broshek, Paul and Isabel
Brown, Christopher
Bugg, Michael and Lou Ann
Burns, Russell
Buteux, Andrew
Buzinkai, Lora
Campbell, Mary
Campbell-Mohn, Fred
Carpenter, Bruce
Carpenter, Eugene and Helen
Christie, Theresa
Colbert, Francis and Jean
Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
Dalena, John and Ann
DeHuff, Janet
Diehl, Sylvia
Driscoll, Arlene A.
Dufort, Richard
Durham, Mark and Missy
Easton, William
Elmendorf, Libby
Engelsman, Ralph
Epstein, Dave and Lori
Fallon, Deborah
Gepford, Daniel and Marsha
Gilchrist, Norman and Diane
Gilhooley, Margaret
Glynn, John and Nina
Hammann, Ruth
Hart, Leslie A.
Helmbrecht, Jeanne
Imbriaco, Joseph
Judd, Thomas and Ellen
Kapp, Andrew
Kelly, Dan and Peggy
Korsgaard, Mark
Lang, Frank and Pauline
Leary, Catherine
Lebwohl, David and Sara
Lee, Chester
Lehmann, Paul
Limbach, George and Georgeanne
Lombardi, Julie and Thomas
Lowden, Cynthia
Lozier, Barbara
Luciano, Salvatore and Anne
Matthews, Katherine
Mayer, David
McCormick, Charles and Tina
McManus, Michael
Micone, Frank
Molstad, Douglas and Janet
Monti, Angelina
Oakes, Kirk and Peggy
O’Connell, Michael
O’Gorman, Lawrence and Linda
Pasquale, Bruce and Gwen
Patterson, Hunt
Patterson, Robert and Mickie (Linda)
Pearlman, Robert and Judith
Penev, Kroum and Mariana
Picillo, Joan
Pierce, Linda
Pond, Jane B.
Powell, A. and Spigner, J.
Raho, Gerard and Jane
Reeth, George
Reilly, Timothy
Riddleberger, Thomas
Rosevear, Sally and Lloyd
Ruckelshaus, Gary and Joyce
Schessler, James and Carol
Schumacher, Victor and Bette
Sena, Kathryn
Simon, Douglas and Susan
Smith, Kevin and Caroline
Smith, Dawn
Solitare, Gilbert
Sosnow, Meg
Steinman, David
Stevenson, George
Strelkoff, Joseph
Stuhlmiller, David
VanCourt, Don and Margery
Vascininno, Maria
Vogler, Aaron and Ruth
von der Linde, Edward and Susanne
Warbasse, Pat
Watson, William and Elaine
Webb, Sara
Webster, Leslie
Whitmore, Charles
Wolkowitz, Lois and Ben
$1 – $80
Agi, Scott
Aidekman, Gary and Susan
Amato, Lorraine and Gerald
Anderson, Geoffrey
Anderson, Marc
Anonymous
Argentino, Patricia
Armstrong, Richard and Barbara
Azen, Charles and Carol
Balascio, Robert
Barbato, Martin
Bauman, Jeffrey and Jennifer
Beaman, Mary and Allen
Berk, Peter and Stephanie
Bland, Larry
Boberg, Richard and Betty
Boisnier, Susan
Bone, Denise and Dennis
Campbell, Ed and Margaret
Campbell, Nancy
Campion, Thomas and Ginny
Casey, Barbara
Catalanello, Brenda
Celler, Richard C.
Chang, Jeanne
Chapman, Sarah
Cimaglia, Sam F.
Clohessy, Kathleen
Coard, Marjorie A.
Cohen, David
Colella, John
Conley, Blair and Donna
Coultas, Aldo and June
Cowan, Carol
Cracovia, Gloria and Eugene
Crosier, Helen and Harold
Culmer-Nier, Lessie and Keith
Cummings, Joan E.
Czachor, Bruce
D’Andrea, Daniel and Rosemarie
Dasaro, L Arthur
Dilzell, Fred and Cecilia
Dimieri, Antonio
Dolan, Marlene
Dolan, Rose
Domber, Edward
Donato, Anthony J.
Dorin, Mr and Mrs Michael
Drewery, Gordon
Eckes, Richard
Edwards, Larry and Stacia
Eget, Steven
Eisele, Jeanne
Elliott, Lorraine
Engel, Daniel and Jennifer
Epstein, Ruth
Fanlo, Ms.Maria
Feldman, Richard and Lydia
Feurey, Timothy
Fields, Rebecca
Fielo, Sandee and Joel
Foster, Charles
Foster, Linnea
Freda, Edward and Dolores
Fried, Peter and Wendy
Friedland, David and Jennifer
Frommer, Ann
Fulda, Steven and Sandra
Fullman, Sally
Gargiulo, Frank
Garman, Robert and Margaret
Gaudio, Charles and Anna
Geiger, Alida
George, Henry
Gero, Robert J.
Gerridge, David and Gail
Gertler, Jeffrey and Jo Jo
Giannone, Thomas
Goggins, Christopher and Julie
Golob, Mimi and Norman
Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Greenberg, Bennett and Nance
Hanson, Bradley and Janean
Harvey, Peter
Heffernan, Susan and Brian
Heyrich, Michael and Janine
Hilgendorff, Hugo A. and Susan
Himmelsteib, Allen
Hoeflin, Sandra
Holzman, Jerome and Michal
Hopkins, Marie
Howie, Patricia
Hubert, Joseph and Joan
Hunkele, Gustave and Virginia
Hurt, LaJunta
Hutchins, M L.
Hutchison, Lee and Clark
Hyman, Michael and Nancy
Janssens, John and Christa
Jennings, Ezra and Alexandra
Jennings, Robert and Ellen
Johnson, David and Dorothy
Johnson, William and Joan
Jones, Christopher
Jordan, Jason
Karl, Ginny
Keat, Elizabeth A.
Kemp, Ronnie and Jim
Kingman, Nancy and David
Kitchell, Diane
Klein, Mr and Mrs Richard
Koch, Patricia and Lawrence
Lami, Michael and Grace
Liebman, Mada and Burt
List, William and Caroline
Lloyd, Mary and David
MacDougall, Phyllis
Madara, Matthew
Madden, Kathleen
Maguire, Michael
Marotta, Peter & Janine
Marshall, Bill and Mary Ann
Matlack, Anne
Mayerson, Roberta
Mazurets, Natalie
McAuliffe, Patrice
McDonald, Bonnie and Robert
McKay, Mercedes
McMahon, Linda and Jim
McMains, Anne
Mennella, Susan
Meyer, William and Anne
Miller, Ken and Marilyn
Minogue, Thomas and Jo-Ann
Monte, Bonnie
Montgomery, Joseph and Valentine
Moore, George
Morrison, Robert
Morrison, Mary
Motley, Donald
Mueller, J. Steven
Munkel, Keith and Cheryl
Murdock
Mutchler, David
Nelson, Barbara
Nugent, Anthony and Lee Anne
Oleksik, Richard and Joan
Ouimet, David
Paolella, Sal
Patel, Pratish
Paul, Charles
Pham, Chaffee
Phillippi, Nancy and Brent
Philp, Margaret
Pittis, Bertram and Joan
Punola, John
Raffel, Amy K.
Ramirez, Henry
Rapp, Josephine and Anthony
Raudelunas, Francis and Dolores
Remick, Thomas and Lylo
Reynolds, Bruce and Jane
Rochford, Edward and Mary
Roth, Tracey B.
Rothenberg, Paul and Diane Louie
Rothrock, Charles
Russell, Beresford
Ryan, Henry
Sanyal, Madahaparna
Scheer, Richard and Penny
Scollon, R B.
Seery, Judith
Sharen, Robert
Shipman, Todd
Shulman, Sam and Marilyn
Skulmis, Vilis
Sladen, Douglas
Smith, Vincent and Sheryl
Sodano, James
Solu, John and Kathleen
Spatola, Allen
Staats, Allan and Barbara
Stanley, Richard and Susan
Stebbins, Scott and Monika
Stober, Henry and Constance
Strasser, Charles and Edna
Sullivan, John and Diane
Sullivan, Kerryn
Sweeney, William and Sandi
Swiatlowski, Milton and Judith
Sze, Alex
Terracciano, John
Thompson, Barbara
Thompson, Caroline
Thompson, David
Tillis, Susan
Timmerman, Elizabeth
Towey, Ann
Tross, Evangeline
Trybus, Charles and Elizabeth
Tyrone, Elaine
Uzicanin, Mahmud
Van Bronkhorst, Alida
Van Dyke, James
Van Wiemokly, Jane
Vavrek, Florence
Virgona, Terry
Volpicelli, Mr and Mrs Vincent
Vuchic, Boris
Walldorf, Steven
Walter, Lewis and Mary
Ward, David and Joan Farley
Wattenbach, Barbara
Weck, Thomas
Westphal, Karen
Wielkoszewski, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Wilde, Chris and Stacy
Williams, Robert and Renee
Williams, Donald and Carol
Willinger, Walter and Diane Duffy
Witte, George
Wu, Tao-Yuan
Zipper, Eugene
Zitelli, Paul and Maryhope